Balloon Party ~ Doman Style......

My good friend Curt Doman was diagnosed with cancer a few months ago. By the way....I HATE THAT DISEASE!!!!! I hate to see my friends sick! Peggy and Curt (and their family for that matter) have helped me out so much in my life. They have been there when I needed them the most. They are absolutely INCREDIBLE people! They always make me feel so welcome and a part of their family.

I was invited to come to one of their FAMOUS Doman parties. For all of you out there that have ever experienced one, YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT. They are by far the funnest parties and everyone always enjoys themselves so much. I have great memories of times spent at their home over the years.

Peggy has got to be one of the most talented people I know. No matter what she is doing she gives it 110%. Even if it is just a get-together with her own family~ they are in for a treat! She was amazing to watch as we worked together in the Primary years ago. She was hard to keep up with, that's for sure! She was probably the hardest working Primary President ever! What a talented woman. Can you tell that I love these people to PIECES? Yep....I do!

They had planned a "Balloon Party" for their family and when they saw me in the halls at church they invited Howie and me to join them. YEAH!!! I was pretty excited because I knew we were going to have soooo much FUN!

The morning of the party Peggy called and informed me that we were on the Red team and to wear something RED. I instantly thought "Yep she is at it again! She had out done herself. She had made up rosters for each team with cheerleaders assigned to each team as well. She planned an assortment of fun balloon games and relays and kept track of the winners. She was nice enough to let April and her family join us at the last moment and rearranged teams so that they would also feel comfortable.

When we arrived we found some of the kids already for battle! These are a few of my cute teammates. We are going to ROCK IT!!! Look out blue team....You're going DOWN!!!

Not so sure that he loved this war paint on him, but he looks cool!

Here are some of the blue team members....

Boo getting on her WAR PAINT!

Little hearts....how sweet!

Howie and I were on separate teams but I didn't mind AT ALL! Then I could tackle him during the games and comfort his spirits after he LOSES :) :) :)

Once Rulan arrived he went in to get ready. After a few minutes he bounded into the room and yelled.... "GO BLUUUUUUUE!" When I looked up I saw his cute war-paint! Blue little nipples! This guy really cracks me up. All of the Doman kids are NUTS! I mean that in a totally NICE way. They are all so funny and really know how to have a good time.

We thought..... He can't be the only one with NIPPLE POWER!

We got out the paper and markers and went to town.

NOW THE BATTLE IS ON! LET THE GAMES BEGIN!

Me and my Blue Man.....

Before we started playing the games we had a very yummy barbecue. I love summer barbecues. The food always tastes so delicious!

The blue team was anxious for the games to begin....

Peggy had games for all ages.

First the small kids would play and earn points for their team.

Here are some short videos of the kids having fun....

Karah was just observing the game and before she knew it her balloon was POPPPPED! I love how Cora just carried her balloon around in her hands. Good strategy!

Once she let it drop to the ground the

stinkin' balloon wouldn't pop!

Then it was the adults turn to play the same games.

It got pretty hairy at times. In this balloon game where you need to pop your opponents balloon I was basically tackled by TWO GROWN MEN and quickly taken out of the competition. I guess Shawn and Rulan thought this little ole granny (me) would be a threat! It did give me a chance to grab my camera and capture some of it. This game was so much fun! BUT I still have battle bruises! Hey Howie, Where were you to protect me??? Oh yeah.... You were on THAT team!

We played all sorts of relays....

This was fun. Especially when the wind did not cooperate and it sent April's balloon over into the bushes. You can barely see her off to the left trying to rescue her runaway balloon. That worked out well for the red team.

GO RED!!!!

The wind made all of the games a challenge

but it was more fun that way.

This game was pretty funny. We had to see how many balloons you could shove in one team members clothes in about 30 seconds. We had Becky STUFFED to the brim but as soon as the time ended the Blue team had some SERIOUS CHEATERS who came and stole some from her!
I think you can see that we caught one of them RED handed. Rulan (nipple power man) is a CHEATER! Morgan is trying to recover our STOLEN balloons.

Howie was the guinea pig for the blue team. They stuffed him so full that I think his poor shirt is forever stretched to the max. Looks like it is time for Howie to sign up for Nutri Systems...

See... There is ANOTHER blue member with our RED balloons. Rulan is in the background trying to smuggle out the evidence from the ambush on Beckie.

Cheater Cheater Pumpkin Eater!

While the adults played the games I found Lyssi over playing on the swing set. This was a fun idea to set the swings next to the pool. The kids would get swinging really high and then jump into the pool. Looked like a lot of fun.

While everyone played Curt, Sherry and Peggy's mom sat in the shade to enjoy the day and watched us. Curt got really tired after about an hour and headed inside to go to sleep. It breaks my heart to see him so weak. He actually looks better in these pictures than he did a few weeks ago when he was taking Chemo treatments. That really hammered on him. They have decided to discontinue the Chemo because it was not working like they hoped and he was extremely sick with it. Oh.... just typing that just makes my heart hurt. Sad :(

I get so emotional every time I think of how truly sick he is. I love him so much!

Part of the blue team thought they would take a picture......

But I thought I would jump in so that there would be a picture of at least one member of the WINNING team. GO RED! Hey Shawn get that tongue in your mouth before you bite it off! RED ROCKS!!!

After the games we set up our water slide and the kids played on it for a while as well as swimming in the pool.

Morgan helping Henry.....

Burrr that water is COLD!

I think Rooster loved this the most.....

He'd even tackled his sister to try to make it to the top first.

Kitty is one tough chick! I love to catch fights on video :)

They weren't being mean....just very competitive. Wait a minute! Their dad is Rulan (nipple boy) That explains why they play so rough. (Remember my bruises he gave me ) Just kidding!

Shawn and April had another party to go to later that day so they did not want the girls to get wet. Lyssi would just stand off to the side and watch. Finally her mom let her and Boo get on their suits and join in on the fun.

Curt and Alisa have a fabulous pool.

It was very refreshing!

It felt so good to play in it after being so hot from the games.

We had fun watching Scott do some pretty impressive cannon balls, and Steve enjoyed a game of HORSE with Tyler in the pool as well. Kris Doman is a professional photographer and she took some fun underwater pictures of all of us. I need to see if we can get a copy of Howie and I underwater kissing :) :) :) She had to try several times to get it just right and I enjoyed every MINUTE of it. Anytime I can kiss my man....You won't hear me complaining!

We also enjoyed the hot tub. When I got in I didn't want to get out. It is funny how tired I get when I sit in a hot tub. I was ready to go home and take a MAJOR nap!

Once again the Domans treated us to a very enjoyable afternoon. It was nice to get together with the whole clan and get to know their kids again. They have all grown up so much since I saw them last. Thanks for making us feel so welcome. You are super friends and we love you all so much. Our thoughts and prayers are with you at this time. You are the BEST!